Capitoline Wolf. Bronze. 18,5x7x12 cm

Description

Reproduction of the Capitoline Wolf in cast bronze on a marble base. Bronze cast in a sand mould. Finished with antique patina.

Measurements: Width: 18.5 cm. Depth: 7 cm. Height: 12 cm.

Reproduction of the sculpture of the Capitoline Wolf. The original is in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.

This statue represents Luperca, the she-wolf who, according to the myth of the foundation of Rome, suckled the twins Romulus and Remus.  They were the children of the god Mars and Rhea Silvia, the daughter of the king of the city of Alba Longa, Numitor. Numitor was dethroned by his brother Amulius, who imprisoned Rhea Silvia and ordered the murder of the twins. Instead of being killed, they were abandoned in a basket in the Tiber, and were taken in first by a she-wolf and then by shepherds, who cared for them until they came of age. Romulus and Remus reinstated their grandfather on the throne and left to found their own city, in a dispute Romulus caused the death of his brother and soon after founded Rome, in 753 BC, year 1 BCU (Ab Urbe Condita, from the foundation of the city, in Roman chronology).